Cuomo: 'There is no step back' on hydrofracking

9:03 PM,
Oct. 2, 2012

Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Written by

Jon Campbell
Journal Albany Bureau

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday again defended the state's decision to delay a decision on high-volume hydrofracking, saying New York officials decided "we could do more work" on assessing the public-health effects.

Cuomo has been heavily criticized by landowners groups in the Southern Tier for the latest delay in the state's review of hydrofracking, which has stretched on for more than four years. Late last month, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that health regulators would take a closer look at potential health effects before New York issues any ...